We Love Color – Blog Tour and Giveaway!

Hi all! Welcome to my stop on the tour! If this is your first visit, please feel free to click around and get to know me a bit.

I am so honored to be included in the fabulous group of designers in We Love Color – I hope you’ve been following the tour so far! There’s some great info to learn about each designer, along with lots of chances to win a book and fabric.

We Love Color has 16 projects, featuring Kona Solids. The projects are varied and beautiful, offering inspiration for every quilter. The best part about working with Kona Solids, is the vast color options – any of these quilts could be replicated with your own color choices to make it uniquely yours!

I find color inspiration all around me, in nature, photographs, my kids’ artwork, random fabrics on my shelf together even, there aren’t many places that inspiration isn’t found!

While piecing my quilt last year, I shared a picture of my pieces in progress.

I love all the colors and the subtle movement they create in the quilt top. Strip piecing made quick work of all these units!

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We are all sharing our favorite Kona color as part of the tour, picking a favorite is nearly impossible! If I must though, I have been loving Midnight, it is a complex purple, navy color.

The swatch on the computer screen barely conveys the depth of color and complexity. I love it! I have a recent project here with Midnight for a little more of a look.

Have you seen the new Kona colors? Kaufman is releasing 28 new colors this month, and I’m dying to get my hands on them, and a new color card! One that stood out to me right away is Alegria.

It’s fresh and reminds me of the endless blue sky in the summer here in Utah – I’m so glad for all that sunshine!

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***Would you like to win a copy of We Love Color, and a fat quarter bundle of the new colors? Here’s your chance!

322 Comments

I love to find color inspiration in the many wonderful quilting blogs that I read, as well as browsing through fabric stores and looking at all the gorgeous handmade items on Etsy.

Thanks for the chance to win! :)

Katharina
June 13, 2012 at 12:16 am

Nature gives wonderful color inspiration!

Elizabeth McDonald
June 13, 2012 at 12:19 am

What gives me color inspiration is usually grouping and re-grouping fabrics into piles. Obviously this method is flawed, in that if I do not have it in my stash, I cannot come up with a great color combo using it! The other inspiration is simply plates of food…what appeals to me on a plate, is often what will appeal to me in a quilt!

LC
June 13, 2012 at 12:23 am

The Botanical Gardens here in Atlanta are full of all kinds of gorgeous flowers and plants. A trip there will leave my brain focused on color, for sure.

suvi
June 13, 2012 at 12:26 am

I normally go out around the town and the parks for inspiration, but on rainy days Etsy and Pinterest do the trick too. :-D

Amy Hoffman
June 13, 2012 at 12:30 am

I love looking through fashion magazines or home design blogs for color inspiration. The designers choose such great color combinations!

Kim
June 13, 2012 at 12:48 am

I agree with you, inspiration is everywhere. Sometimes, I’m not really looking for inspiration-it just finds me. It could be in the color or pattern of carpeting or wallpaper, in the flower garden or farmer’s market, in my closet or the pages of a magazine.

I love to find color inspiration just about anywhere. Usually it’s this ah-ha moment where I’ll be looking at something rather ordinary and suddenly see something that I hadn’t before. Taking photos is also a great way to find color inspiration. Sometimes seeing something in person doesn’t quite trigger the same response as looking back through the photos of that same thing. Landscapes, for instance, always do that for me. :)

My favorite place? Looking through my Quilts Japan magazines inspires–the quilters there seem to have very different ideas for what works, and some I find challenging! :-) Also, I like to play with the ideas of color theory to help me with combinations. Sometimes a treasured piece of fabric will give me fresh ideas to try new things, like limited palette or tonal.
Hazle
suntred02 at aol.com

I love Kona, and am pretty much a loyal exclusive Kona user haha. I use photographs for inspiration. Similar to design seeds. Let’s say I have a specific theme like retro, I will search the web for retro photos and take colors from then.

I’m a brand new quilter, and I seem to be seeing potential in colour everywhere I look right now! Quilting blogs give me great ideas about colour combinations that work well, and how small changes in placement can make a big change to a design.

thank you for the opportunity! well, sure it would be cool to win this book! :)
about colors – I look to the sky. evening or morning. above the city or above the sea. in winter or in summer…. it’s so different, and every time it’s perfect…. I love nature colors…
hugs from Russia,
masha

Midnight is one of my favs too! Such a great color. I get color inspiration online (Design Seeds is great or Browsing Flickr photos), but I’ve recently been trying to find more in person inspiration, too. Snapping lots of pictures of nature, cool buildings, anything I see that catches my eye that could become a great quilt.

Lisa Marie
June 13, 2012 at 5:34 am

Our local park has lots of flowers and blooming trees in the spring. A great place for color inspiration!

That is a tough question. I get inspiraton from so many places but most of all, I look at significant things in my life around me whether it be things in nature, objects I see together at work or the firehouse, or just a bunch of my kidlets toys all piled together.

Once a quilter truly opens her eyes, the possibilities become endless.

Kate F.
June 13, 2012 at 5:46 am

One place I find inspiration is the farmer’s market! Fresh produce colors are beautiful.

Pat Hersl
June 13, 2012 at 5:47 am

How boring am I? It’s the fabric for me. I need the benefit of the designers art education and talent to get me going. Of course, the paint dept at Lowe’s is fun!

My favorite place for color inspiration is a walk around my neighborhood when the flowers are in bloom. Unfortunately, during the winter, I have to settle for blogs and Pinterest. Thanks for the contest!

Melissa
June 13, 2012 at 5:50 am

My favorite thing is when I find color inspiration in completely random places you don’t expect. Like, the contrast between the stormy grey sky and the bright yellow stucco of our house! Surprise color realizations make me happy!

Jane Brown
June 13, 2012 at 5:54 am

Favorite place for color inspiration is Joen Woelfram’s blog on color. Then of course there is stained glass windows in churches.

I like to go outside for colour inspiration…flowers, earth, leaves, sky…doesn’t get any better than this!
Thanks for the chance!
P

Jacqueline
June 13, 2012 at 7:00 am

Usually a walk thru my favorite quilt shop or an upscale furniture store gives me the color inspiration I need.

Thanks for a chance in this great give a way.

Kathy
June 13, 2012 at 7:05 am

I always go to the Detroit Zoo. From the bright colors of the plants and butterflies in the butterfly house to the icy cool colors at the polar bear exhibit there is always something to inspire a quilt!

i find inspiration from so many places, pinterest, fabric store, quilt books, blogs and magazines however my favorite place is in nature.
i live in an area that is very touristy in the warmer months so parks and gardens, water…rivers, falls and a lake surround my area and nature trails are plentiful. i love how in the wild of nature unexpected colours mixes just happen naturally and look so beautiful!!
even in the winter….ice and snow and cold water…so many shades of grey, white, blue and black!

Sandy N
June 13, 2012 at 7:11 am

I love blogs and Pinterest for inspiration. Thanks for the opportunity to win!=)

mrsmoore
June 13, 2012 at 7:12 am

I use a printed fabric that I really like. looking closely at the combination of colors in that print usually leads me to some surprising choices.

Jodi
June 13, 2012 at 7:13 am

Going outside at various times of the day throughout the changing seasons in the many places I have lived has been a constant inspiration for my quilting and dye projects. Spending my first fall in western PA the past year was like color sensory overload, and I loved every minute of it.
My family and I are fond of walks at sunset because the sky is a beautiful pink with touches of blue. It quickly takes you out of the city and into a world of imagination.

My favorite place to go for color inspiration are my charity quilts. Making over 100 a year, I am limited by the fabrics that are given to me. Thus, I find I’m using colors I wouldn’t normally put together…sometimes with UGH! results and sometimes with surprising results.

My favorite color inspirations always come from outside. We have gorgeous pastel sunrises in winter with the barest hints of color, fiery sunsets in spring and summer, crunchy, flower filled falls… How could one not be completely inspired?

oh I love finding design and color inspiration just out and about as I live life! Starbucks seems to have interesting ideas…

Amity Quilter
June 13, 2012 at 7:34 am

I love the subtle color gradations found in nature – tree bark, a bird feather, the veggies and berries in our garden, first light and sunset skies following a thunderstorm. Thanks for the chance to win some of the new Kona solids!

My favorite place for color inspiration is a neat website called “Design Seeds”. Every day there are gorgeous pictures with a sample palette pulled from the image. The names of the palettes are part of the inspiration as well. Thanks for the chance to win!

I’m loving the new colors, especially Tulip and Regal. I’m very glad you showed us something you made using Midnight because that is a gorgeous color of purple. I may never have given that a second thought given the name of Midnight which I would assume to be a shade of black, not purple at all. Thank you.

Almost all my inspiration right now comes from the many blogs I follow/read each day. I’m noticing lately however, that I am starting to see things more and more while hubby and I are out driving around to different places.

For me, color inspiration is definitely outdoors! Thanks for the chance to win a wonderful prize!

French75
June 13, 2012 at 8:50 am

There is so much color inspiration everywhere, but my favorite is nature. Blue and white from the sky. Orange, red and green from a flower. The colors of a sunset. The sand and the ocean. Then I go paw through my fabric and pull out colors that excite me to create.

Hey, that midnight fabric is the bomb. I have used it quite a lot lately.

So in my country if you look around you, it is posible to se the green mountains eather the volcanos too, so you can drive around 2 hours and find the beach too. Those are my favorites places for inspirations.

Thanks for the giveaway.

Ale
Costa Rica

Jevne
June 13, 2012 at 9:00 am

Thanks for a chance to win this book! My favorite places for color inspiration are a county park near here called Deep River and the shores of Lake Michigan.

Brige
June 13, 2012 at 9:03 am

Thanks for the chance to win! – I look to nature for color inspiration.

Carrie O
June 13, 2012 at 9:07 am

A walk outside and looking over flower and vegetable beds is my norm, but to find new [to me] color combinations I spend time looking over fabric bundles that others have put together on fabric and quilting blog/store sites. I love the new ‘modern’ quilting combos, but none of them would be something I would think to put together so I spend time paying attention to the work of others.

Cecilia
June 13, 2012 at 9:16 am

My favorite place would have to be a garden. Especially now with all of the flowers that are in bloom.

karen peachey
June 13, 2012 at 9:16 am

flickr & blog reading are where all my inspiration comes from!!! I’d love to win some of the new colors!!! My solid stash is so pitiful!

Kathe
June 13, 2012 at 9:17 am

Outdoors with nature has a lot of inspiration for me. Thanks.

Hallie
June 13, 2012 at 9:20 am

I have to be honest, the majority of my inspiration for color is seeing what others are doing on the internet. I have seen color combos that I would have never put together. My LQS is also good at inspiration. It’s wonderful to have a good group of quilty friends too!

Hi, Amy! Congrats on being part of this wonderful tour. I have not worked with solids alone in a quilt but have a drawer full of them and have wanted to make something great out of these piles. I get my color inspiration lots of places–primarily when shopping, either at the fabric store, department store, or even the discount store! Lots of designers and creative folks’ work is already out there to just discover. There is always my favorite color to incorporate too (green)!

Jenny C
June 13, 2012 at 9:21 am

Walking around Park City is pure inspiration. Not just for color but lifestyle too! We have amazing contrasts between all seasons, beautiful holiday lights, wildlife in abundance, the best trail network in America, summer markets, art galleries, Historic Main St, ski fields, golf gourses and those year round Utah blue skies! I could keep going but will refrain. There is color everywhere we go.
My 3 year olds fav saying at the moment is “What sort of color?”

I love to wander through the men’s ties at Macy’s or Nordstrom’s. They always pair them up with great colored shirts. The color inspiration is wonderful…..

Dea @lingeralittlelonger
June 13, 2012 at 9:47 am

What inspires me a lot is my colorful flip flops! Lol! And seeing my different varieties of flowers in our garden.
Thank you for this cool post!

usairdoll
June 13, 2012 at 9:48 am

I love looking online, either blogs, pinterest to see what colors others use. Sometimes I see colors together that I never would have thought to put together but when I see them I’m like, of course that works!

Most of my inspiration, colour and otherwise, comes from reading other blogs!

Annegret
June 13, 2012 at 9:53 am

I like to go the market – either to the local farmer market or to one of the turkish markets in the centre of Berlin. Especially on the turkish markets, you can find, besides the wonderfully coloured vegetables and fruits, a lot of stalls where you can buy fabrics at a bargain.

Kathie
June 13, 2012 at 10:12 am

I actually love to browse fabric shops. I am amazed at the palettes of color that are displayed!

OH! So many places inspire my love and addiction to color!! Quilt stores, book stores, Pinterest, blogland, my own stash closet, art shows, magazines…and especially out in the natural world!! life is just toooooo short to live in shades of grey!! Color makes everything better!! Thanks for the givaway!!

The obvious answer is the internet, I mean, what isn’t up on it? But sometimes it’s great to get away from the computer and snuggle with a book and for that I love Kaffe Fassett’s Glorious Inspiration. It’s not one of his project books, just amazing photos from museums and life, and a complete riot of colour.

Laura
June 13, 2012 at 10:25 am

I would have to say pinterest is my biggest color inspiration. It’s the only place I can go without someone distracting me these daya;)

DianeY
June 13, 2012 at 10:38 am

We have a great Botanical Garden here-especially love the Orchid House.

I found my new favorite color combos while driving to Hilton Head from Memphis earlier this year – the trees covered in varying purple blooms, light green early-growth leaves and gray tree trunks – was truly stunning!

Everywhere, is the short answer! Most recently driving through the mountains. The greens of the trees, especially the new brilliant greens of the Aspen trees, mixed with the deep green of the pines and the reds, grays, and browns of the mountains topped with dirty white snowcaps, and the colors of fast rushing streams from the snowmelt. Thank you!

lyn lewis
June 13, 2012 at 12:28 pm

Inspiration for colour?
The mediteranean blue sky, azure seas, the illuminating sheen on the feathers of a mallard ducks neck, the strawberry blonde hair of a toddler, the lush greens in a hedgerow, the patches and marls in tortoiseshell cats fur…..the chocolate, coffee and vanilla of ice cream…..how long have you got?
I could list sooooo many more creatively inspiring gems……..but there’d be no room for any one elses comments!

SewLindaAnn
June 13, 2012 at 12:32 pm

Fave place to go for inspiration is my sewing room. I have my fabric, my books, the computer, out the window are birds and flowers. It’s all I need to get me started.

I’m a West Coast outdoor kinda gal, and I find the colours of nature so amazing. Photos of scenery, gardens, even sand on the beach are a great inspiration.

Lisa L.
June 13, 2012 at 12:40 pm

I get my color inspiration from walking up and down the isle at the fabric store till I find a focal fabric and then I start adding my other fabrics. I usually have some idea of what I am looking for and go on that. I love these colors. Bright is good. Its happy and uplifting.

AmyW
June 13, 2012 at 12:41 pm

My favorite place to find color inspiration is in my folks back yard. My mom is an avid gardener and all the beautiful color on a sea of green … Well it is hard to not be inspired!

I don’t have a particular place I go for color inspiration – it can be magazines, blogs, nature, etc. I just try to find it in everything. Usually the most inspirational things come from unxpected places.

Chancy
June 13, 2012 at 12:56 pm

I love to go to fabric and yarn stores and just be immersed in the multitudes of colors.

Teri
June 13, 2012 at 1:03 pm

I have Joen Wolfrom’s Studio Color Wheel hanging in my quilt room, and am finding lot’s of inspiration from that, I also live close to three National Parks and take lots of photos and use them as my inspiration for my quilts.

Color inspiration most of the time comes unexpectantly for me. Outside or inside it always amazes me when I suddenly feel that ‘click’ of inspiration. Who knew that I would look at a bowl of Froot Loops and know that those were the colors I was waiting for!

MarciaW
June 13, 2012 at 1:33 pm

My favorite place to go for color inspiration is outside in nature, especially “Mama’s Garden.” This is where my mother plants flowering shrubs, plants and trees that she either grew from seed or cuttings, or is a “pass along” plant. Something is always blooming in Mama’s Garden. Thanks for the photos of your quilty contribution to the book, and the chance to win. mlwright29(at)hotmail(dot)com

at children drawings and paintings. Their colours and drawings are authentic and original.

Mary Ann
June 13, 2012 at 1:53 pm

I just walk into a quilt store and get my color inspiration. I am loving all the new fabrics coming out and I have always loved Kona cotton. Wouldn’t that be a nice surprise to win this wonderful book!

I sit at my large kitchen window, or out on my deck, and watch nature take her course through the seasons across our back yard, and the pastures and woodlands beyond…the whites, blues and blacks of winter, the pale greens and bursts of pastels in the spring, the deep greens and jewel tones of the summer, the bright swaths of brilliant color in the autumn, and always the colors of the western sky at dusk. Often have a quilt book or magazine in my lap; never fails to inspire either an urge to begin another quilt, or to relax and enjoy an old one (or at least a another picture of one I’d like to make)!

Sue
June 13, 2012 at 2:03 pm

I like to look through magazines like Sunset and see the color combinations in the food and gardening pages.

The best place to be inspired by color is in nature…the sky, sea, most especially gardens. This past weekend I spent some time on my daughter’s college campus and the flowers and greenery there is such so, so beautiful!
So I must not forget “nature”!

I’a have to say just about any place online has color “juice”, but really love looking at quilt blogs and pinterest…colorful world, that’s for sure. My hubby has a birds board on pinterest and wow! Talk about color. Thanks for the opportunity and have a colorful day

Beth T.
June 13, 2012 at 3:07 pm

When I need inspiration, I go outdoors. I’m always amazed at how the many shades of green “go together”. I tend to be rather rigid about what matches or harmonizes, but nature isn’t so limited.

Dianne Giles
June 13, 2012 at 3:13 pm

I go to my garden! A riot of colour, eye catching combinations – heaven. Thanks for the chance, Dianne

I find inspiration for color in life, whether is is in nature or in the city.

Michele T
June 13, 2012 at 3:34 pm

I get my colour inspiration from Pinterest… if you aren’t doing this you simpy have to check it out (it is as addictive as collecting fabric!!).

Mary
June 13, 2012 at 3:34 pm

For color inspiration I am attracted to all things green then add other Colors. Nature combines every Colorado with greens.

Sandra
June 13, 2012 at 3:35 pm

My inspiration comes from magazines and books. Thank you for the chance – the book looks amazing!

Kathy
June 13, 2012 at 3:50 pm

I love to go to yarn stores for color inspiration… all those yummy shades stacked up together are a visual delight.

Tylynn Gardner
June 13, 2012 at 4:01 pm

I love to get inspiration from nature. I was a florist before I had my kids and I loved anything with green. Nature is the perfect pallet of colors!

Becky Greene
June 13, 2012 at 4:14 pm

I like to look to nature combos and modern art. Blogs are also great for inspiration! Thanks for the chance to win!

Emily T
June 13, 2012 at 4:38 pm

Living in New Orleans, all I have to do is take a walk down the block. The color combinations people choose for their shotguns are, at times, stunning. Whenever I see a beautifully painted, bright house I think – “Quilt!”

Joan Rodriguez
June 13, 2012 at 4:52 pm

I find inspiration from everywhere I go be it our local Farmer’s Market or a trip to my mom’s ranch. I’m always fascinated by the color that surrounds my day.

Kris
June 13, 2012 at 4:57 pm

A lot of my inspiration comes from nature and macro photography, seeing things in patterns, shapes and textures.

I love using the seasons to find color inspiration, but if all else fails – the Kona card sparks some definite options. :)

Michele
June 13, 2012 at 7:28 pm

I go to my favorite quilt bloggers for inspiration. While other people may take a coffee break or a stretch at work, I click onto a quilting site and see the beautiful color combinations the quilters come up with. It’s truly refreshing and inspiring.

Amy Losordo
June 13, 2012 at 7:34 pm

Midnight is so versatile, I can see why it is your favorite. I love purples so this color would be wonderful to incorporate in my quilts. This tour is expanding my quilting world. Thank you for an opportunity to win the book and fabric….wonderful combinations.

I look for inspiration in flowers and on websites of fabric shops and blogs. Also dream land, I had a dream this week about an amazing wall hanging I made for my bedroom, and I saw the colours and patterns together in close up. Thank you for a great giveaway.

robin
June 14, 2012 at 5:44 am

Believe it or not I love farmers markets and bakeries for quilt inspiration! Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome giveaway!

I responded to one comment but did not leave my own “source” of color inspiration. When I really think about it, I believe that I am drawn to colors that are in some way connected to my emotions. The colors are all around, but the combinations or concentrations that stand out for me on any given day seem to be those that my mood attaches to.

Margaret R
June 14, 2012 at 7:18 am

I cruise blogland and my local quilt shops. I usually just go with any colors that take my fancy. Usually not so traditional but usually very bright and cheerful.

I’m looking forward to reading this book one way or another! Thank you for the giveaway. I get my inspiration from interior design magazines, if there’s a room I love it’s usually because of the beautiful color combos in it!

Janet Best
June 14, 2012 at 8:30 am

I think color inspiration finds me more than I find it! Every now and then I will see something in magazines or online that inspires me, and often Nature shows me beautiful color combinations I may never have thought of.

claudia
June 14, 2012 at 8:32 am

The desert. Love it. Thanks for your fun blog

Tamie
June 14, 2012 at 8:42 am

Honestly, it is usually a fabric combination on a blog that I might not have considered. Thanks for participating in the tour.

I like going to Pinterest. It’s easy to search through projects that other people have done to get an idea of something that I want to do. It’s nice to see how their project turned out to see if I would like colors together too. Thanks!

For me i get my insperation when I recieve the new books I purchase and am amazed at so many colour mixtures, today I recieved my Modern Patchwork and combine this with We love Colour and you get ideas poping out of your mind, it’s like when I took my grandaughter yesterday into the toy store for the 1st time and she is only just turning 1 her little face lit up and her eyes were everywhere, the colours were everywhere, she did’nt know where to look and colour just comes at you, its about putting it all together, like a long adventure that you hope you thouroughly enjou

Page
June 14, 2012 at 9:28 pm

I get inspiration from daily life. Whenever I see a color combo I like I note it and think of how it would look best in a quilt.

Karen D
June 14, 2012 at 9:34 pm

My favorite place to go is just outside specifically when the sunsets. It’s amazing how different the sky can be on a different day. I also live in Utah and we do have some amazing skies here especially against the mountains!

Paula
June 14, 2012 at 9:45 pm

There is so much inspiration in this book! I can’t wait to get my hands on it and some of the new Kona colours! Thank you for the giveaway!

DeDe
June 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm

Pinterest has become my favorite source of color inspiration. Love having it organized right at my fingertips!

Karrie Smith
June 14, 2012 at 11:49 pm

I do go to one exact place for inspiration of color. I just know what I want to use, or I go by my mood. I love a lot of different looks, but I usually have an idea of what I want even before I start making something. Thank you, so much, for the chance to win.

Judy Toelle
June 15, 2012 at 12:23 am

I love to look at Pinterest! There is wonderful inspiration and extreme eye candy to be found there. I also have my favorite Blogs!!!

Vanessa
June 15, 2012 at 12:43 am

I normally find all kinds of inspiration online. But also anywhere else! you never know when a good idea will come to mind.

Helena
June 15, 2012 at 1:02 am

I get inspiration while walking the dog in the beautiful countryside around my home and in lots of great blogs. Thanks for giveaway

It’s so easy to head to a garden or nature area, but one of my favorite places to go is a huge historical cemetery not too far from here.

I know that sounds odd, but the texture of limestone and granite, the shades of green in the trees and landscaping, the artistic elements of the older markers brings it all together for me.

Lizii Bii
June 15, 2012 at 6:41 am

I get most of my color inspiration from fabric. Sometimes I chose colors that are either in or coordinate with a specific fabric, but mostly I just pull a bunch of different fabric together and see what happens. I go in binges where I am drawn to certain colors and combos subconsciously, which generally means I am onto something! Not all of my experiments work, but I love the process (and I love fabric).

I love to go to quilt shows for color inspiration! Thanks for the chance!

Theresa
June 15, 2012 at 7:16 am

My inspiration for quilts usually comes from looking at websites and blogs. Sometimes it is a technique, sometimes a pattern or a colour combination that catches my eye. Now when to follow through…

Gigi
June 15, 2012 at 7:21 am

I find color inspiration everywhere. The candy racks at the store, Pier 1 Imports, World Market, Pottery Barn, Land of Nod, my garden, google image searches, museum websites, and french clothing websites just to name a few.

marci
June 15, 2012 at 8:06 am

i see lovely patterns and colour combinations wherever i look :) but truth comes only when i start digging in my fabric stash !
thank you

Amy
June 15, 2012 at 8:36 am

I love to be outside in the garden…and inside in my children’s classrooms!

Recently I have been noticing that I like the color combos in some classic children’s books. Caps For Sale and Green Eggs and Ham have some great color combos. Let’s just call looking for color inspiration while reading my kidos books multitasking, not obsession. ;)

Jacklynn Grimm
June 15, 2012 at 9:35 am

I agree that inspiration can be anywhere and everywhere! I get a lot of inspiration from the different quilt blogs I visit.

It’s everywhere! I never know when a group of colors will just jump out at me and grab my attention – a shop window, a greeting card, even a printed fabric :-) Isn’t it great that we have materials in every imaginable color to create from?

My favorite place to go for color inspiration is Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud. There is more color on a summer day than my eyes can absorb!

Alexis
June 15, 2012 at 1:50 pm

I really like looking at clothing for color inspiration. So often I see combinations that I never would’ve thought of. This is such a great giveaway. I’m practically giddy at the thought of winning. Thanks for the chance!

I’d love to win this book. I have always liked working with solids!
Lately, my favorite place to go for color inspiration has been the produce section of the supermarket! Crazy I know, but it’s almost like the florist this time of year! Every bright color imaginable, and every shade in between.

I get colour inspiration from fabrics. There are so many bright colourful ones to choose from and I have mostly that kind in my stash.

Patsy Booher
June 15, 2012 at 3:14 pm

My color inspirations usually come from nature and all of it’s beauty.

Thanks for the giveaway!

CathyT
June 15, 2012 at 5:32 pm

My favorite place for color inspiration is a botanical garden down the road from us called Tower Hill. They have a lovely orangerie, hiking trails, and so many types of gardens.

Jenny
June 15, 2012 at 5:54 pm

I like to look thru fashion magazines!

Melanie
June 15, 2012 at 6:08 pm

All of these great websites! Thanks for the chance!

Leona
June 15, 2012 at 6:38 pm

I love modern quilting and Robert Kaufman Solids just seem to go hand in hand with many of my projects! I find inspiration through the world around me. The boldness in modern architecture, subtleties in color ranges, light and dark contrasts that pop unexpectedly from a project. I also love to study Modern Artists who paint in different mediums. Thank you for the opportunity to enter!

My favorite place for color inspiration is in the woods. This time of year all the wildflowers are in bloom. Right now my hillside is alive in yellow and white daisies. Different flowers come up and bloom from spring until late fall. Up in the woods there are so many colors of green. I love it. I would love to win the new colors and the book with all the talented Modern Artists in Quilting. Thank you for your continued inspiration and the wonderful giveaway.

Jane S.
June 15, 2012 at 11:40 pm

My favorite place for color inspiration is just to step outside my front door! I see the green trees and the pops of color the flowers give, I see the sky with clouds, and I see the grey rocks of the driveway with the grasses. It takes my breath away. :)

My favorite place to go is to travel along the backroads of the Ozarks and see all the BEAUTIFUL wildflowers growing here, there and everywhere. We like to take walks and see all the little beauties tucked under trees, behind rocks, growing OUT of rocks… the most obscure places. Thanks for the chance to win such a FAB prize!

Lindsay F
June 16, 2012 at 11:35 am

I go outdoors for inspiration.

Janet Autrey
June 16, 2012 at 12:27 pm

I love to get inspiration from the outdoors and all of the beautiful flowers!

Gwen Milholen
June 16, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Thank you for sponsoring this giveaway. For color inspiration I often look at magazines and not just quilting magazines. I’ll look at magazines like Country Living, Cottage Style, and HGTV. When I see a room I particularly like, I’ll make note of the color cominations used in the room. If they work in a room, they’ll work in a quilt!

Jill Day
June 16, 2012 at 1:19 pm

What ‘alegria’! I’m so happy to have a go at the giveaway!

Sarah
June 16, 2012 at 2:10 pm

My inspiration tends to come from the fabrics themselves and pairing them up with various solids. I cut up my Kona color card into swatches, and I love to play around with different color combinations.

Teresa C
June 16, 2012 at 3:58 pm

Someone mentioned a box of crayons…so true! and my addiction to paint chips and my children’s fearless use of colour in the artwork!!

Terri Shuffield
June 16, 2012 at 4:23 pm

My favorite place for inspiration is on the internet! I love all the quilt blogs and all the places they take me to. I am always seeing something new!

Julie
June 16, 2012 at 7:14 pm

there are a few favorite places, art galleries, fabric shops and the garden!

I find that I get the best color choices from nature. We live in the farming community outside of town. I love to drink a cup of coffee while looking at the view of the mountains with the beautiful colors in it, the sky, clouds, cows next to us, our chickens, the cherry orchard across the street from us, and the golden valleys all around us. There is soo much to get inspired in color around us. Thank you for the giveaway. I liked the sky blue you have up.

Joelle
June 17, 2012 at 7:36 am

Nature most definitely provides some of the best inspiration!! I live in Vermont and I can’t stop using greens, and yellows!

Amy
June 17, 2012 at 7:41 am

I look for color inspiration in all the great quilting blogs that I follow! Thank you for the giveaway!

Lindsey@HappierThanABirdQuilts
June 17, 2012 at 5:34 pm

I love looking at color palettes on pinterest. I’m not sure what they were created for in the beginning, but I love turning them into quilts in my mind.

LorraineV
June 17, 2012 at 6:58 pm

I get my inspiration from nature, fashion, blogs and flickr groups. Thanks for the great giveaway.

Cheryl
June 17, 2012 at 8:01 pm

Walking around my yard and neighborhood is my place for color inspiration and my color choices change with the seasons.

I love the spring time when all the wild flowers are blooming! Such colorful flowers deep in solid shades. It’s a site to see. Judith, Texas

Patty
June 19, 2012 at 9:21 am

My favorite place to go for color inspiration is on a walk where I can see the flowers and grasses growing.

Karen Z S
June 19, 2012 at 9:34 am

Color inspiration for me is a flower garden, or a walk in my woods – at any time of year. Right now though, its lunch time and I’m inspired by my bowl of blueberry granola .. thinking of a tan, blue-purple quilt!

Sharon McConnell
June 19, 2012 at 11:34 am

My inspiration is usually in nature, I love autumn! I also just experiment a lot with the color wheel concepts

Kristi Tyson
June 19, 2012 at 4:11 pm

I love the garden! The way flowers and the greenery work together, and seeing the subtle changes in color as the flowers age. That is my inspiration.

Hi I'm Amy! Here's what you need to know about me - I love to sew! I learned to sew garments as a girl, then taught myself to quilt as a young mom. I've been writing books and patterns for the last five years, and hope to inspire you in your own quilting journey!